GLOSARY

1. Workhouse:
Former institution for poor: formerly, a publicly run institution in Britain and Ireland in which people living in poverty were given food and accommodations in return for unpaid work 2.

Homeless:

with no home: having no home of any kind people with no home: people without a home of any kind 3.

Manage:

transitive and intransitive verb administer or run something: to be in charge of something such as a store,
department, or project and be responsible for its smooth running and for any personnel employed

transitive and intransitive verb achieve something with difficulty: to succeed in doing something, especially something that seems difficult or impossible intransitive verb cope in difficult situation: to survive or continue despite difficulties, especially a lack of
resources 4. Pillow

cushion for head in bed: a sealed fabric bag stuffed with feathers or a synthetic filling used as a soft support for the head in bed something like pillow: something that is similar to a pillow in appearance or use 5.

Kindly:

1. friendly and generous by nature: sympathetic and kind 2. showing sympathy: arising from or showing a sympathetic and generous nature 3. pleasant: pleasant, mild, or comfortable

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Weak:

1. not strong or fit: not physically fit or mentally strong 2. easily defeated: easily overcome or defeated 3. lacking strength of character: not having strength of character 4. not intense: not powerful or intense

5. lacking skills or abilities: not having particular skills or abilities

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Shake:

1. transitive and intransitive verb move back and forth: to move back and forth or up and down in short quick movements, or make something or somebody move in this way 2. intransitive verb tremble: to tremble uncontrollably 3. transitive and intransitive verb become something by shaking: to achieve a particular state by shaking, or shake something in order to achieve a particular state 4. intransitive verb quaver with emotion: to sound uncertain, nervous, angry, or distressed 8. Drunken:

1. intoxicated: overly excited by or as if by having consumed too much alcohol 2. affected by alcohol: drunk or frequently drunk 3. involving excess of alcohol: involving too much alcohol, or occurring while people have had too much. 9.

Blanket:

1. cloth bed covering: a piece of cloth used especially as a cover for a bed 2. Covering layer: a layer of something covering an area completely. 10.

Beggar:

1. somebody who begs: somebody who begs for money or food from strangers 2. Poor person: a very poor person. 11.

Hunger:

1. need to eat: the need or desire for food 2. starvation: a lack of food leading to sickness or death 3. Craving: a great need or desire for something. 12.

Neglect:

1. not care for something properly: to fail to give the proper or required care and attention to somebody or something

13. Loud:
1. high in volume: high in volume of sound 2. expressing something noisily: expressing something forcefully and frequently loud protests 3. visually shocking: shockingly bright in color or bold in design

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Board:

group chosen to make decisions: a group of people chosen to make executive or managerial decisions for an organization 15.

Despite:

1. regardless of: although it might have been prevented by something 2. contrary to: indicates that something is done unexpectedly or unintentionally

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Beadle:

1. caretaker of synagogue: an official who acts as caretaker of a synagogue and oversees the running of the service 2. minor church official: a minor parish official formerly employed in the Church of England to usher and keep . 17.

Unexpected:

surprising: coming as a surprise

18. Lonely: 1. feeling alone: feeling sad through being without friends or company I felt so lonely after he'd gone. 2. isolated: isolated and rarely visited a lonely farmhouse in the middle of the moor 3. without companionship or support: done or lived through without companionship or support from other people

19. Undertaker: Somebody who arranges funerals: somebody whose profession is to prepare the dead for burial or cremation and to arrange funerals. 20.

Pity:

1. feeling of sympathy: a feeling of sadness because of another person's trouble or suffering, or the capacity to feel this 2. regrettable thing: a sad or regrettable thing 3. mercy: a willingness to help or to forgive somebody

21. Dirty:
1. not clean: marked by or covered in dirt 2. causing dirt: creating dirt or pollution 3. making somebody grimy: likely to cause somebody to be filthy or grimy 22.

Truthfully:

So as to express truth: in a way that corresponds to fact or reality or expresses the truth 23.

Wonder:

1. amazed admiration: amazed admiration or awe, especially at something very beautiful or new 2. something marvelous: a miracle or other cause of intense admiration or awe

24. Jealous:

1. envious: feeling bitter and unhappy because of another's advantages, possessions, or luck 2. suspicious of rivals: feeling suspicious about a rival's or competitor's influence, especially in regard to a loved one 3. watchful: possessively watchful of something.

25. Behave. 1. act: to act in a particular way that expresses general character, state of mind, or response to a situation or other people 2. behave well: to act in an acceptable way, especially by being polite, good-tempered, and self-controlled 3. perform: to perform in or react to particular conditions or circumstances. 26. Pub: bar: a bar that may also serve food

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